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Meaning of bet one's life | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

Synonym of bet one's boots.

Examples

“But whenever one of the motor-trucks lumbering by bore a big U.S. on its rear panel Troy pushed his light ambulance ahead and skimmed past, just for the joy of seeing the fresh young heads rising pyramid-wise about the sides of the lorry, hearing the snatches of familiar songs—"Hail, hail, the gang's all here!" and "We won't come back till it's over over here!"—and shouting back in reply to a stentorian "Hi, kid, beat it!", "Bet your life I will, old man!"”
“You can play a lot of tricks with a glass eye because you can take it out and pop it back in again any time you like. You can bet your life Mrs Twit knew all the tricks.”
“This is not really happening / You bet your life it is”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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